News from the worlds of big data, databases and data analytics includes announcements by Cloudera and Splunk, investment madeinto Clustrix and Terradata Analytics finished a deployment for a large retailer. Read More

With more virtualization, IT consumerization and a lot more data – the data center needs a new way of deploying high-density computing platforms. In this white paper, IDC (with sponsorship from VCE) outlines the rapid growth in high-density computing needs. By downloading this paper, you can learn how IDC found… Read More

Rackspace Hosting (RAX) said yesterday that its sales slowed in the first quarter, as customers are taking their time in adopting its new OpenStack cloud offering. Rackspace also faced headwinds in the face of pricing cuts from Amazon Web Services, and a sluggish environment for enterprise IT spending. Read More

Dell has acquired Enstratius (previously known as Enstratus), a provider of enterprise cloud-management software and services provider that delivers single and multi-tenant cloud management capabilities. The acquisition brings much needed multi-cloud management capabilities into the Dell fold, as it looks to capitalize on the growing multi-cloud trend. Read More

Amazon (AMZN) announced the launch of the new AWS Certification Program with the first of several exams that will made available in 2013. In other cloud news, Penguin Computing announced its Icebreaker CS storage platform, while Software AG acquired cloud vendor LongJump. Read More

Because of cloud computing and IT consumerization, there is now a distinct focus on the end user. Targeted data center technology is driving better performance, happier users and improved productivity. Here are some technologies that will benefit and thrive.Read More

The modern IT landscape has shifted towards the data center infrastructure. At the heart of the cloud, and – in reality – any organization, is the data center environment. More businesses are reliant on the functions of the core data center platform to help them function on a day-to-day basis.… Read More

Your iTunes downloads, Facebook posts and YouTube videos travel through small rural communities that are home to billion-dollar data centers from the world’s largest cloud builders. Here’s a look at these facilities and how they’re changing these communities. Read More